The Works of Orville Dewey, D.D. ...Simms and M'Intyre, 1844 - 887 pages |
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... become like himself , for the time ; they become more crafty while they deal with him . How shall any noble aspiration , any high and pure thoughts , any benevolent purposes , any sacred and holy communing , venture into the presence of ...
... become like himself , for the time ; they become more crafty while they deal with him . How shall any noble aspiration , any high and pure thoughts , any benevolent purposes , any sacred and holy communing , venture into the presence of ...
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... become wrong by excess ; passions bewilder ; semblances delude ; interests ensnare ; example corrupts . And yet no tyrant over men's thoughts , no unworthy seeker of their adulation , no pander for their guilty pleasures , could ever ...
... become wrong by excess ; passions bewilder ; semblances delude ; interests ensnare ; example corrupts . And yet no tyrant over men's thoughts , no unworthy seeker of their adulation , no pander for their guilty pleasures , could ever ...
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... become visionary , wild , and extravagant . Some have been all sentiment , and have wanted practical virtue . Others have been all practice ; their advocates have been exclaiming " works ! works ! these are the evidence and test of all ...
... become visionary , wild , and extravagant . Some have been all sentiment , and have wanted practical virtue . Others have been all practice ; their advocates have been exclaiming " works ! works ! these are the evidence and test of all ...
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... become a living interest in the hearts of men . It has never , in fact , taken its proper place among human concerns . I am afraid it must be said that with most men , the epithet most naturally attaching itself to religion , to ...
... become a living interest in the hearts of men . It has never , in fact , taken its proper place among human concerns . I am afraid it must be said that with most men , the epithet most naturally attaching itself to religion , to ...
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... become cold and dead the moment they are directed to the Infinite Beauty and Glory . It will not solve the prob- lem to say that human nature is depraved . If , indeed , the depravity of men were such , that all enthusiasm for ...
... become cold and dead the moment they are directed to the Infinite Beauty and Glory . It will not solve the prob- lem to say that human nature is depraved . If , indeed , the depravity of men were such , that all enthusiasm for ...
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Page 121 - He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
Page 507 - And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the Scriptures?
Page 148 - Are not my days few? Cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death; a land of darkness, as darkness itself, and of the shadow of death, without any order and where the light is as darkness.
Page 573 - For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty ; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
Page 183 - I die: * remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: * lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, "Who is the Lord?" or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Page 451 - Doth Job fear God for nought? Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land. But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.
Page 81 - And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear...
Page 469 - Circumcision in the flesh made by hands,) that at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world; but now in Christ Jesus, ye who sometimes were far off, are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
Page 433 - What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good? Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
Page 502 - Toward us who believe, according to the working of his mighty power which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead (and set him at his own right hand, in the heavenly places, far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world but in that which is to come.